Written Question·Home Office·UIN 114910

Police: Reorganisation

Tabled: 23 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the policy paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing, published on 26 January 2026, CP 1489, what the (a) minimum and (b) maximum size will be for each of the n

Answer

Sarah Jones

The Police Reform White Paper, published on 26 January 2026, set out an ambition to significantly reduce the number of police forces across England and Wales by the end of next Parliament.We will imminently launch an Independent Review of Police Force Str...

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